Cape Verde World Cup Qualifying

Cape Verde, World Cup

Cape Verde's soccer team returns home to huge welcome. The basketball team also has World Cup hopes

Have a weekend, Cape Verde. The national soccer team returned home Sunday as heroes after their run to the round of 32 of the World Cup and pushing Lionel Messi and Argentina into extra time. The men's basketball team clinched a berth in the second round of that sport's World Cup qualifying as well.

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Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia Highlights: Cape Verde Advances In World Cup Debut

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Can Cape Verde qualify for the World Cup knockout stage? They have believed it all along

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Cape Verde fans stand proud despite Argentina defeat

Cape Verde fans gathered for a public screening in the capital, Praia, to cheer on their team despite a dramatic 3-2 extra-time defeat to Argentina in the World Cup.

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Cape Verde fans overjoyed with team’s World Cup run despite Argentina loss

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Cape Verde exits World Cup with head high after sensational goal pushes Argentina to the brink

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Cape Verde are smallest nation to reach World Cup knockouts, is Messi’s path to final opening up?

Cape Verde have made history as the smallest nation ever to reach the knockout stage of a men’s World Cup and will face Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the next chapter of their Cinderella story.

World Soccer Talk

How far have Cape Verde advanced in the World Cup? All-time historical records and best finishes

Cape Verde are one of the newest countries to appear at the World Cup. Despite showing steady improvement over the last decade, the 2026 edition marks their first participation in the tournament after finally qualifying through the African qualifiers.

OneFootball

Cape Verde’s World Cup fairytale: Vozinha to Messi, iconic moments | OneFootball

Cape Verde bows out of the World Cup, but it does so after writing one of the tournament’s most beautiful stories. In their first-ever appearance in the competition, the “Blue Sharks” got through the group unbeaten,